Breaks down Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Breaks down featured in Eugene Sheffer puzzle on January 14, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ROTS.

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13 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
ROTS Breaks down (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 14, 2026
CRUMBLES Breaks down (8) Mirror Tea Time Mar 2, 2025
MALFUNCTIONS Breaks down (12) The Times Sunday Concise Dec 1, 2024
DISMANTLES Breaks down (10) Newsday Jun 8, 2024
SOBS Breaks down (4) New York Times Mar 29, 2024
WEEPS Breaks down (5)
CRIES Breaks down (5)
ANALYZES Breaks down (8) LA Times Daily Apr 18, 2015
DECAYS Breaks down (6)
ERODES Breaks down (6)

27 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
36% ROT Break down (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 20, 2025
36% COLLAPSE Break down (8) Puzzler Backwords Dec 10, 2025
35% FAIL Break down (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 27, 2025
33% WEEP Break down (4) Newsday Sep 20, 2025
33% PARSE Break down (5) LA Times Daily Jun 13, 2025
33% RESOLVE Break down will (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Mar 7, 2025
33% SOB Break down (3) New York Times Jan 19, 2025
33% DISMANTLE Break down (9) New York Times Apr 25, 2024
33% DECAY Break down (5) Universal Mar 25, 2023
33% GOTOPIECES Break down (10) New York Times Dec 25, 2022

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When someone "breaks down" emotionally, they might express their feelings through audible cries or sobs. In this context, "sobs" is a fitting answer that captures the act of breaking down in tears.